On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Twin Cities Area
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

